Source: The Maritime Executive Thailand has become one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to publish a full list of all its registered and licensed fishing vessels, alongside a watchlist containing vessels prohibited from fishing. Making such information freely available is a crucial step in eradicating illegal fishing and human rights abuse in the […]
Read MoreSource: RUSI Author: Veerle Nouwens* and Cathy Haenlein** China has reportedly started cracking down on its distant water fleet (DWF), namely, its fleet of vessels that fish in areas outside the country’s domestic waters. The move has come as a surprise to fishing companies and the counter-illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing community alike given […]
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News Japan’s Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) will help Global Fishing Watch and the Australian National Center for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong, in New South Wales, with their investigation of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. A nursing research paper is a complex document requiring scientific […]
Read MoreSource: EJF The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has documented gross human rights violations and serious illegal fishing offences aboard the Taiwanese Fuh Sheng 11 – the first vessel in the world to be detained for violating new international standards of decent work in the fishing industry. Taiwan had the opportunity to take action against the […]
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News Author: Matilde Mereghetti Talks between Indonesia and the European Union regarding a free trade deal are progressing, an EU spokesman told Undercurrent News. Meanwhile, the Indonesian government is expanding its approach to tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News Author: Matilde Mereghetti Philippines senator Cynthia Villar warned that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing risks to destroy the country’s tuna industry, as president Rodrigo Duterte is to press Chinese president Xi Jinping on a code of conduct for the sea.
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News Thailand’s Department of Fisheries says it is making progress in getting its seafood products off the European Union Commission’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing watchlist, the Bangkok Post reports.
Read MoreSource: Undercurrent News The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (Vasep) is proposing forming a working group on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, to try and avoid a “red card” from the European Union (EU), reports Vietnam Nam Net.
Read MoreSource: AP news JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it has won a two-year court battle that confirms the legality of the government’s seizure of a Thai vessel linked to human trafficking and illegal fishing in Indonesian waters.
Read MoreSource: franciscoblaha.info Author: Francisco Blaha In January this year, I wrote in a blog entry (and on an SPC article): “If a country does not control its fleets, then its products should be subjected to higher tariffs until this issue is solved. Add to this a European Union ‘yellow card’ – which uses the potential […]
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